UKPnG Season 9 British Historic Cup - Oulton Park (Classic) - Jan 23rd

[Hotkeys]

I don't care much, what the car-options are, as long as we all have the same options. Perhaps because I hardly ever finish a race these days

I do think, that it's nice to know the options well ahead of the race. The only reason I asked about the Alfa 1600 SA was, that it can't do 27 laps on a full tank. So unless Matt changes the number of laps to 23/24 there's no point in having it on the list.

Stig

[phspok]

Yep. I hate changing the list the week of an event. I will have a play tommorow night and maybe limit something
I am not expecting to change the base cars, just maybe a variant.

[NPP]

I did some more testing and without making an effort I had the RS 1 second up on the Porsche and TC FVA which were quite similar. However I saw Ivan Stanchev match my RS times in the Porsche. The non-FVA TCs are much slower (as is to be expected with 60hp less) and the larger Alfas are understeering boats.

Thus, I cannot really say whether the RS or Porsche are out of place. But with the influx of quick drivers of late I'll probably have to take the RS to make the top 10.

[phspok]

OK
Thanks for all who posted figures.
I have reverted back to my original cars. Even the slower RS-1600 seems a bit too fast. so I have removed him.
If the Porka is fastest then so be it. I hear ya Stig, the Alfa-SA is maybe too fast with Italians some people
driving it, but for most people it's a handfull, so if you have the skill you should get the benefit of it
Lord knows what my times must have been, I just divide 2400/(my best time -2 secs)
I have changed the race laps to 23

The car list is now final

Not sure why people are getting confused with number of Escorts, You can use any Escort that is in either of the
two "TC" groups. One lot are 16v (FVA)and the others are 8v, and are slower.
You can use any Alfa you want, if you can get the "SA" (volumetrico) variant round for 23 laps then you deserve a medal
Actually the 3.1 version is much kinder to drive than the old 2.0 one, so is more likely to be used now.
I can't drive pork for love nor money, so I think it is a winner in the right hands, if like me your hands are not
fast enough, this is "unfortunate" for you  

[EvilClive]

So I can't use the Ford Falcon?

Well in bad light I think it does resemble an Escort, if you squint a bit and look the other way 

[Clive Loynes]

So I can't use the Ford Falcon?

Well in bad light I think it does resemble an Escort, if you squint a bit and look the other way 

Should have gone to Specsavers. 

Have a go at the 1600 Alfa instead; it's like a bouncy castle on steroids.

[Dave Kelsall]

Looking forward to joining you all on Thursday.

Is it possible the weather could change or do I leave the wets at home?

[Wiltshire Tony]

Looking forward to joining you all on Thursday.

Is it possible the weather could change or do I leave the wets at home?

The race announcement states dry so that is what it will be

[Clive Loynes]

Looking forward to joining you all on Thursday.

Is it possible the weather could change or do I leave the wets at home?

Welcome Dave,

Good to see a steady influx of new blood.

Hope you have a good race.

[Mark J]

Welcome David, always good to see new drivers arriving, have fun 

Hope we get to see a classic Alfa v Porsche v Ford battle here 

[phspok]

For any new members:
As a general rule, it's a good idea to test that you can log on to the server before race night, or at least
well before the race time. If there is any doubt as to which version of a track we are running for the race
then this will confirm the version for you.

[NPP]

I was on the server yesterday and noticed it was still set to 27 laps.

Otherwise, I was doing truly rubbish times until my PC crashed and I couldn't be bothered to fire it up again.

[Clive Loynes]

Otherwise, I was doing truly rubbish times until my PC crashed and I couldn't be bothered to fire it up again.

I found you floating in mid-air on the approach to Cascades.

[NPP]

sorry chaps, I can't seem to be able to turn a clean lap currently, I'm slow, I don't know how to improve and my heart is not in it at the moment. I was looking forward to tonight's race but I pulled out of practice. I'll have to miss next week's as well as I'm out of the country again. Maybe I'll be back on track in February ...

Have a good race!

[johnw]

Arse. Connection lost after 5 laps. Here we go again